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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JANUARY 21, 2016 UPCOMING GAMES No. 3 Providence vs. No. 9/8 UMass Lowell- Fri. 1/22 at PC, Sat. 1/23 at UML • Providence currently sits six points behind UMass Lowell in the standings in the fourth spot. Last weekend, the Friars came away with a weekend sweep of Vermont at . Friday 1/23 • Brian Pinho (North Andover, Mass.) led the way offensively for the Friars in Friday night’s 3-1 victory, recording a goal and two assists. Pinho is on a five game point streak with a 2-7-9 stat line in that stretch. No. 4 College at UMass - 7pm* • Providence exploded offensively Saturday night for a 6-3 victory to cap the sweep of the Catamounts. No. 13 Notre Dame at UNH - 7pm* Five different Friar skaters had multi-point games, including Warrior Player of the Week Trevor Mingoia Northeastern at Merrimack - 7:05pm* (Fairport, N.Y.), who tallied two goals and two assists and totaled five points on the weekend including the game-winning goal in both games. No. 10 Boston Univ. at Maine - 7:30pm*# • UMass Lowell retains the top spot in Hockey East after a weekend sweep of UMass. Gage Hough Vermont at UConn - 8:30pm*^ (Omaha, Neb.) led the way for the River Hawks, scoring three times in two contests. The River Hawks won No. 3 Providence at No. 11 UML - 7pm* Friday night, 4-1, at the , pushed along by two C.J Smith (Des Moines, Iowa) assists. • Kevin Boyle (Manalapan, N.J.) capped the sweep of the Minutemen with a 5-0 shutout victory at the . Boyle stopped 18 shots for his sixth shutout on the year, tied for the most in a single-season * Hockey East Game in River Hawks history. # WVII, WPME, Fox College Sports ^ ASN, NESN No. 5/4 vs. UMass/vs. UConn - Fri. 1/22 at UMass, Sat. 1/23 at UConn • sits one win away from 1,000 career victories after picking up win number 999 against , 5-3, at Conte Forum last Friday. Ian McCoshen (Hudson, Wisc.) had a career night, tallying two goals and two assists for four points. McCoshen now has at least one point in four straight games, racking Saturday 1/24 up three goals and four assists in that stretch. • The Eagles skated to a 1-1 draw at on Saturday. Ryan Fitzgerald (North Reading, Mass.) No. 13 Notre Dame at UNH - 5pm*% scored the only Eagle goal in that contest. Fitzgerald has points in four straight tilts with a 2-5-7 stat line. UConn at Boston College - 7pm* • UMass was swept last weekend in a series with No. 8 UMass Lowell. The Minuteman fell to the River Merrimack at Northeastern - 7pm* Hawks, 4-1, Friday night at the Mullins Center, and than 5-0, at the Tsongas Center on Saturday. UMass Vermont at UMass - 7pm* is currently in a three-way tie for eighth place in Hockey East, the final position to host a playoff game on No. 3 Providence at No. 11 UML - 7pm* opening weekend. Maine at No. 10 Boston Univ. - 7:05pm* • Shane Walsh (West Roxbury, Mass.) scored the lone Minuteman goal on the weekend. No. 11 Boston University vs. Maine- Fri. 1/22 at BU, Sat. 1/23 at ME * Hockey East Game • Boston University currently sits at fifth in the Hockey East standings, trailing Providence by two points % WBIN, Fox College Sports for a first round playoff bye after taking one point from Boston College. RookieJakob Forsbacka Karlsson (Stockholm, Sweden) netted a goal and dished out an assist in Friday night’s 5-3 loss at Conte Forum. Sean Maguire (Powell River, B.C.) made 32 saves in the contest, including 16 in the third period. • Maguire followed that up with a strong performance Saturday at Agganis Arena. The senior goaltender made 38 saves to backbone the Terriers to a 1-1 tie. Matt Grzelcyk (Charlestown, Mass.) netted the only Terrier goal in the draw. • Maine battled it out with the Huskies of Connecticut last weekend in a defensive series at . The Black Bears fell to UConn Friday night, 1-0, and skated to a 1-1 tie Saturday. Steven Swavely (Reading, Pa.) scored the only Maine goal in the series, netting a short-handed strike. • Maine was back in action early this week and battled top ranked Quinnipiac all the way to wire. Three Maine goals in the first two periods gave the Black Bears a 3-1 lead, but the Bobcats battled back to salvage a 3-3 draw in the final minute.Swavely and Nolan Vesey (North Reading, Mass.) opened the scoring for Maine in the first period whileBrendan Robbins (Nashua, N.H.) netted a goal and added assist. No.13 Notre Dame vs. New Hampshire - Fri. 1/22, Sat. 1/23 at UNH • Notre Dame’s unbeaten streak reached an NCAA-best 10 games (7-0-3) last weekend after a sweep of Merrimack in South Bend. The Irish now sit third in the Hockey East standings with 18 points. Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week Bobby Nardella (Rosemont, Ill.) paced the Irish offense, tallying two goals and three assists for five points and a plus-six rating. • Jake Evans (Toronto, Ont.) had a hand in three of Notre Dame’s five goals Saturday evening, dishing out three helpers for the second time this season. Evans now has 23 points on four goals and 19 assists. • New Hampshire was swept by Northeastern last weekend and is now in a three-way tie for the eighth spot, the final position that boasts home ice in the opening round of the Hockey East Tournament. • Marcus Vela (Burnaby, B.C.) found the net three times for the Wildcats on the weekend, scoring twice in Friday’s 4-2 loss, and converting another chance in Saturday’s 6-2 setback at the .

Northeastern vs. Merrimack - Fri. 1/22 at MC, Sat. 1/23 at NU • Northeastern picked up its fourth victory in a row Saturday and is now unbeaten in its last six games (5-0-1). • Dylan Sikura (Aurora, Ont.) found the back of the net three times for the Huskies on the weekend, scoring twice in Friday’s 4-2 victory at . In his next outing, Sikura delivered another goal in Saturday’s 6-2 victory at New Hampshire. • Sam Kurker (Reading, Mass.) exploded offensively for the Huskies Saturday night, recording his second multi-point game of the season on two goals and two assists. • Merrimack fell twice to Notre Dame last weekend in South Bend. Brian Christie (West Chester, Pa.) dished out two assists in Friday’s 7-2 loss at the hands of Notre Dame. (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) made 40 saves in Saturday’s 5-1 setback. • Merrimack (2-5-5) sits in the seventh slot in the Hockey East standings with nine points in league contests. The Warriors’ position sets up an important weekend against the surging (2-8-3), who have taken five points in its last four league games and are two points back of Merrimack.

UConn vs. Vermont/vs. No.5/4 Boston College - Friday 1/22 at UConn, Saturday 1/23 at BC • Connecticut came away with three out of four points at Maine last weekend. The Huskies were backboned by Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week Rob Nichols, who made 82 saves on the weekend and allowed just one goal. Nichols stopped a career high 44 shots in Friday’s 1-0 victory at Alfond Arena. • Shawn Pauly (Bellingham, Wash.) scored the lone UConn goal in Friday’s 1-0 win. The senior forward now has four goals and eight assists for 12 points on the year. Max Letunov (Moscow, Russia) netted the game-tying goal in the third period of Saturday’s 1-1 draw, giving the freshman his ninth goal and team-leading 25th point on the year. • Only two points separate UConn and Vermont in the Hockey East standings. The Huskies (4-7-2) sit in sixth with 10 points while the Catamounts (3-7-2) are in a three-way tie for eighth with eight points.

Vermont vs. UConn/vs. UMass - Fri. 1/22 at UConn, Sat. 1/23 at UMass • Vermont was swept in a weekend series with Providence last weekend. The Catamounts fell to the Friars Friday night, 3-1. Brendan Bradley (Rich- boro, Pa.) scored the only Catamount game in the contest. • Mario Puskarich (Fort Walton Beach, Fla.) netted his sixth goal of the year in Saturday’s 6-3 defeat, giving the junior forward his team-leading 20th point of the year. Puskarich has now tallied points in four straight tilts. • Vermont (3-7-2) and UMass (2-7-4) are tied for the eighth spot with eight points a piece. USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine USCHO.com Men’s College Hockey Poll - 1/18 Men’s College Hockey Poll - 1/18 Rk. School, Pts. (FPV) Record LW Rk. School, Pts. (FPV) Record LW 1. Quinnipiac, 503 (30) 19-1-3 1 1. Quinnipiac, 990 (41) 19-1-3 2 2. North Dakota, 468 (3) 19-3-2 2 2. North Dakota, 941 (8) 19-3-2 1 3. Providence, 424 (1) 15-3-4 3 3. Providence, 889 (1) 15-3-4 3 4. St. Cloud State, 388 18-5-1 5 4. Boston College, 820 15-4-3 4 5. Boston College, 375 15-4-3 4 5. St. Cloud State, 785 18-5-1 4 6. Michigan, 357 14-3-4 6 6. Michigan, 748 14-3-4 6 7. Omaha, 279 15-6-1 9 7. Omaha, 671 15-6-1 9 8. Harvard, 251 9-4-3 8 8. UMass Lowell, 611 14-4-4 11 9. UMass Lowell, 234 14-4-4 11 9. Harvard, 603 9-4-3 7 10. Cornell, 204 11-3-3 7 10. Cornell, 528 11-3-3 8 11. Boston Univeristy, 158 11-7-4 10 11. Boston University, 496 11-7-4 10 12. Yale, 154 10-4-3 12 12. Yale, 471 10-4-3 12 13. Notre Dame, 149 12-4-7 13 13. Notre Dame, 448 12-4-7 13 14. Penn State, 71 15-4-3 15 14. Penn State, 352 15-4-3 15 15. Denver, 55 10-7-5 14 15. Denver, 335 10-7-5 14 16. Rensselaer, 180 12-7-5 20 Others receiving votes: St. Lawrence, 4; Michigan Tech, 6; Minnesota, 2; 17. Michigan Tech, 141 13-7-4 NR Rensselaer, 1. 18. Bowling Green, 140 13-7-5 16 19. Duluth, 110 8-8-5 17 20. Minnesota State, 84 11-8-5 19

Others receiving votes: Robert Morris, 58; Minnesota, 46; Holy Cross, 18; St. Lawrence, 17; Dartmouth, 4; Union, 4. HOCKEY EAST WEEKLY AWARDS WARRIOR HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK PRO AMBITIONS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK HEA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Week Player Week Player Week Player Oct. 12 Trevor Mingoia - PC Oct. 12 Austin Plevy - UMass Oct. 12 Mike Santaguida - UVM Oct. 19 Dennis Kravchenko - UMass Max Letunov - UConn Oct. 19 Kevin Boyle - UML Oct. 26 Dan Correale - UNH Oct. 19 Colin White - BC Oct. 26 - BC Nov. 2 Jake Walman - PC Oct. 26 Bobby Nardella - ND Nov. 2 Cal Petersen - ND Nov. 9 Thatcher Demko - BC Nov. 2 Tage Thompson - UConn Nov. 9 Matt Grzelcyk - BU Nov. 16 Nick Ellis - PC Nov. 9 Austin Plevy - UMass Nov.16 Kevin Boyle - UML Nov. 23 Mark Jankowski - PC Nov. 16 Jacob Forsbacka Karlsson - BU Connor LaCouvee - BU Nov. 30 Andrew Poturalski - UNH Nov. 23 Nick Master - UML Nov. 23 Dan Renouf - Maine Dec. 7 Andrew Poturalski - UNH Nov. 30 Colin White - BC Nov. 30 Dylan Zink - UML Dec. 14 Dennis Gilbert - ND Dec. 7 Tage Thompson - UConn Dec. 7 Rob Nichols - UConn Dec. 21 Jace Hennig - MC Dec. 14 Packy Munson - UVM Dec. 14 Sean Maguire - BU Jan. 4 Dan Correale - UNH Dec. 21 Ryan Ruck - NU Dec. 21 Drew Vogler - MC Jan. 11 Matt Grzelcyk - BU Jan. 4 Packy Munson - UVM Jan. 4 Cal Petersen - ND Jan. 18 Trevor Mingoia - PC Jan 11 Colin White - BC Jan. 11 Packy Munson - UVM Jan. 18 Bobby Nardella - ND Kevin Boyle - UML Jan. 18 Rob Nichols - UConn

HOCKEY EAST MONTHLY AWARDS

WARRIOR HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE MONTH PRO AMBITIONS ROOKIE OF THE MONTH STOP IT GOALTENDER OF THE MONTH Month Player Month Player Month Player Oct. Dennis Kravchenko - UMass Oct. Max Letunov - UConn Oct. Thatcher Demko - BC Nov. Andrew Poturalski - UNH Nov. Colin White - BC Nov. Thatcher Demko - BC Dec. Andrew Poturalski - UNH Dec. Packy Munson - UVM Dec. Nick Ellis - PC

2015-2016 HOCKEY EAST STANDINGS Rk. Team GP W L T Pts Overall Conf. Off. Conf. Def. 1. UMass Lowell 14 9 2 3 21 14-4-4 2.71 (6) 1.29 (1) 2. Boston College 12 8 1 3 19 15-4-3 4.17 (1) 2.08 (3) 3. Notre Dame 11 8 1 2 18 12-4-7 3.82 (2) 1.82 (2) 4. Providence 10 6 1 3 15 15-3-4 3.40 (3) 2.20 (4) 5. Boston University 12 5 4 3 13 11-7-4 3.33 (4) 2.92 (6) 6. UConn 13 4 7 2 10 8-13-2 2.15 (T9) 3.08 (8) 7. Merrimack 12 2 5 5 9 7-11-5 1.92 (11) 3.00 (7) 8. New Hampshire 10 2 4 4 8 8-10-4 3.00 (5) 3.50 (11) Vermont 12 3 7 2 8 9-14-2 2.33 (8) 3.17 (9) 13 2 7 4 8 7-12-4 2.15 (T9) 4.00 (12) 11. Northeastern 13 2 8 3 7 7-12-4 2.62 (7) 3.23 (10) 12. Maine 10 2 6 2 6 5-13-6 1.40 (12) 2.60 (5)